AYRSHIRE LEARNING BUSINESS ACADEMY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC547061 · ltd · incorporated 2016-10-06

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

72/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

40 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

72/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-01-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-28
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-01
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-24
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-01-02
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-26
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-24
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-12-20
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-03-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-17
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MURRAY, Annmarie resigned
director
2021-12-17
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SMITH, Yvonne resigned
director
2021-12-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-12-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-10-29
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-10-28
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-10-28
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-10-28
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withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2021-07-06
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-06-21
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-06-17
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MCCREA, Claire appointed
director
2018-01-31
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CONNOLLY, Desmond Paul resigned
director
2018-01-31
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HUGHES, Charles resigned
director
2016-10-06
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Company incorporated
As AYRSHIRE LEARNING BUSINESS ACADEMY LIMITED
2016-10-06
➕
CONNOLLY, Desmond Paul appointed
director
2016-10-06
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HUGHES, Charles appointed
director
2016-10-06
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MURRAY, Annmarie appointed
director
2016-10-06
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SMITH, Yvonne appointed
director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Claire Mccrea Individual · British · DOB 06/1985 · age 41	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	28/10/2021

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2016-10-06

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education

Registered office

Westgate House Westgate House

21seedhill

Paisley

PA1 1JE

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-19

Last: 2025-10-05

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

MCCREA, Claire→

director · ~41y · appointed 2021-06-17

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

CONNOLLY, Desmond Paul→

director · ~72y · appointed 2016-10-06 · resigned 2018-01-31

Resigned

HUGHES, Charles→

director · ~55y · appointed 2016-10-06 · resigned 2018-01-31

Resigned

MURRAY, Annmarie→

director · ~58y · appointed 2016-10-06 · resigned 2021-12-17

Resigned

SMITH, Yvonne→

director · ~62y · appointed 2016-10-06 · resigned 2021-12-17

Resigned

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Recent filings (40 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-01-21

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-04

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-10-28

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-04-15

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2025-01-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-12-31

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2024-12-24

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2024-01-02

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-12-30

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2023-12-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-12-30

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2022-12-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-23

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2022-12-20